spoiled girlfriend

Cheers to high maintenance Black girls. May we meet them, may we continue to be them.

DOPAMINE ~ the reward chemical

Complete a task

Doing self care acitivites

Eating some food

Celebrating your little wins.

OXYTOCIN ~ the love hormones

Playing with a dog

Playing with a baby

Holding hands

Hugging someone

Giving someone else a compliment

SEROTONIN ~ the mood stabiliser

Meditating

Running

Be in the sun

Walk in nature

Swimming

ENDORPHIN ~ the pain relief

Laughing exercises

Essential oils

Eating dark chocolate

𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐲? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏%, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐬.

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲? 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓. 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬. 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭). 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.